THE DISASTROUS HISTORY OF THE WORLD: CHRONICLES OF WAR, EARTHQUAKE, PLAGUE AND FLOOD

Book ID/图书代码： 07980007B17996

English Summary/英文概要： Many raised their arms to the gods, but still more said there were no more gods, and this was the last night of the world – eyewitness to the destruction of Pompeii.

A DISASTROUS HISTORY OF THE WORLD is an epic journey through the annals of the disastrous events that have marked human history.

In Part I are all the major natural calamities - floods, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, tsunamis, plague and famine. Part II describes in vivid detail the greatest man-made disasters - war and invasion, persecution In Part I are all the major natural calamities – floods, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, tsunamis, plague and famine. It ranges from the earthquake in sixth century Antioch to the Irish potato famine to the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883; from the medieval Black Death in Europe to to the heatwaves in the American Midwest in 1980.

Part II describes in vivid detail the greatest man-made disasters – war and invasion, persecution and massacre, riots and terrorism and massacre, riots and terrorism, explosions and fires, shipwrecks and air crashes.. It describes, for example, the stampedes in Mecca during the Hajj, the collapse of the Circus Maximus in Rome in the second century – possibly the world’s worst sporting disaster; the sinking of the Kursk in the Arctic in 2000, and of the Titanic in the Atlantic in 1912.

Out of all this horror, the John Withington has produced a highly entertaining and epic journey through human history and thought-provoking books. It is truly international in its scope.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 不讀史，何以鑑古今？沒有天災人禍，怎知幸福平安的甘甜？

人類的歷史，就是一部災難的歷史。本書作者試著以宏觀的角度，平靜的瀏覽歷來所有影響人類社會的災難，第一部分是天然的災害，第二部分則細數人為的災禍。作者試著以跳脫的筆法，輕鬆帶領讀者走過一段段您不可不知的天災人禍，既滿足了追求知識的好奇需求，也試圖用另類的手法希望人們防止或避免災禍再度重演。(TT)

Awards/获奖情况：’This book makes for riveting reading’---GOOD BOOK GUIDE

’Highly readable’---BOOKSELLER

’If you’re a fan of (or maybe just interested in) disasters, this has all the quakes, floods and nukes you’ll ever need’---NEW HUMANIST

About the Author/作者介绍： John Withington is the author of The Disastrous History of London and A Disastrous History of Britain. He has written numerous articles for national newspapers and magazines. He is a producer of television documentaries and written and directed more than 40 television documentaries.
作者是《倫敦災難歷史》與《英國災難歷史》等書的作者。他為許多英國國內的報紙、雜誌撰寫大量的文章，並且編寫、執導超過四十部電視紀錄片。

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

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